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Towns, A. (2009). The status of women as a standard of ‘civilization’. European Journal of International Relations, 15(4), 681-706.

Discussion Questions:

1. What does the author identify as the common assumption about the political empowerment of women?
2. Trace the changing practices the author identifies.
3. Can the empowerment of women be a Western tradition?

Critelli, F. M. (2010). Beyond the veil in Pakistan. Affilia, 25(3), 236-249.

Discussion Questions:

1. How does the author describe the cultural patterns of Pakistani society?
2. How does the author describe the status of women in Pakistani society?
3. What is the history of women’s activism in Pakistan?

Plantenga, J., Remery, C., Figueiredo, H., & Smith, M., (2009). Towards a European Union Gender Equality Index. Journal of European Social Policy, 19(1), 19-33.

Discussion Questions:

1. Why do the authors feel that the various measures developed by the United Nations Development Programme do not adequately represent European countries?
2. How do the authors define gender equality?
3. What are the cultural bases for the differences they present among countries?

Yodanis, C., (2005). Divorce culture and marital gender equality: A cross-national study. Gender & Society, 19(5), 644-659.

Discussion Questions:

1. What does the author mean by the concept of “divorce culture?”
2. How does the author define gender equality?
3. How do individual behavior and national cultural values both contribute to divorce rates?  How do they interact?

Simon, S. (2011). Using ICTs to explore Moroccan women’s ideas about their emancipation. Gender, Technology, and Development, 15(2), 301-317.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is meant by “ICT?”
2. What observations does the author make about the image of Muslim women in Morocco?
3. What role could social media play in women’s emancipation?